All photos in this post are by me, taken at Otgontenger mountain, Mongolia, in the summer of 2006. Click to enlarge. These monks, other guys...

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Shaxriyor is a young Uzbekistani rapper. He was born April 15th 1989 in Samarkand. His mother is a teacher, his father a worker and his brot...